The last two decades have not been kind to science studies. Already bruised and battered by the “science wars” of the 1990s, by the 2000s sociologists of science — who had l ...

Modern technology is amazing: where humans see an unchanging void in the depths of the universe, space telescopes are capable ...

Uranus, the seventh planet in our solar system, is often the butt of jokes due to its name. But did you know that this wasn't ...

In fact, its initial name was deemed even more controversial. Uranus was discovered in 1781 by the German-British composer and scientist William Herschel. This ice giant is blue in colour, has faint ...

Earlier this year, a team of astronomers discovered a new moon of Uranus that is minuscule, with a diameter of about 10km.

From nebulas and galaxies to star clusters, the sun and the moon, here’s what to image in the night sky using a smart ...

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You’ve got a great chance to see the planet George this week in our Pottsville skies, as it has a very close celestial hug with the best open star cluster in the heavens, the Pleiades star cluster, ...

Most scientists follow this pronunciation for exactly that reason: it’s neutral. It avoids the scatological “yoor-AY-nuhss” ...

The U.S. Senate confirmed Herschel Walker as U.S. ambassador to the Bahamas, filling a 15-year vacancy. Walker’s nomination, advanced under a Senate resolution, was originally made by then ...

The Senate on Tuesday confirmed former football star Herschel Walker to serve as U.S. ambassador to the Bahamas. President Trump nominated Walker for the diplomatic post last year, after the retired ...

After the post remained open for nearly 15 years, the Bahamas has a new ambassador from the United States. On Tuesday, October 7, the Senate confirmed Herschel Walker in the role along with more than ...